Portfolio > Early Work / The Godzilla Series

This series presents imagery derived from 19th century landscape paintings by Frederick Edwin Church and Thomas Cole, the fictional Japanese sci-fi character "Gorija" and objects from my collection of Fiestaware. My interest in Godzilla stems from a collection of toy Godzillas and the mythical nature of film's character that was paradoxically perceived as an innocent, aggressor, victim and avenger. The centralized formal organization reinforces the mythological intent.

The series evolved from a group of paintings that incorporated still-life objects into excerpts from reproductions of 19th century landscape painting. The titles of early paintings in this series often reflected this two-fold appropriation; “Godzilla” + “In the clouds at Sunrise” (a well-known painting by 19th century painter Frederic Edwin Church).

Untitled
oil on panel
16' diameter
2008
Collection of Ben Browne
oil on panel
16" Diameter
2008
Day and Night
oil on wood
16" diameter
2008
$3000
Setting Sun with Blue Cloud
oil on panel
16" diameter
2008
$3000
Untitled
oil on panel
16" diameter
2008
Untitled
oil on panel
16" diameter
2008
Untitled
oil on panel
16" Diameter
2008
Portal/Between Two Worlds
oil on wood
16" diameter
2012
$3000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil and collage on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil and collage on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6: diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
6" diameter
2011
$1000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
16" diameter
2011
$3000
custom frame by John Studebaker
oil on wood
16" diameter
2011
$3000
Godzilla Above the Clouds at Sunrise
oil on canvas
66 x 80
2006
Godzilla on the Hudson
oil on canvas
18 x 24
1995
Godzilla and Fiestaware in Arcady
oil on canvas
18 x 24
1996
Two Godzillas contemplating a beanstalk
oil on canvas
54 x 72
2005
$5000
Godzillas and the Beanstalk
oil on canvas
18 x 24
2002
$3500